Venezuela Assassination Attempt: Maduro Survives but Journalism Doesn't
Ricardo Vaz | mintpressnews.com | 2018-08-07
Venezuela was rocked this past Sunday by an attempted assassination of President Nicolas Maduro, during a public event, using drones armed with explosives. But as more details started to become available, the coverage of the mainstream media actually moved in the opposite direction: one after the other they have looked to sow doubt on the events, using words such as " apparent" or " alleged", focusing instead on the government using this "alleged" event to step up repression. In the end, it is hard to tell apart the media coverage from the statements of John Bolton, one of the more hawkish advisers to the US president. | Although there are plenty of examples to choose from, we are going to focus on our personal champion of dishonest Venezuelan coverage — The Guardian. A quick search of…
mintpressnews.com/venezuela-assassination-attempt-maduro-survives-journalism-doesnt/247191/

Venezuelan Pres. Nicolás Maduro Targeted in 1st Assassination Attempt by Drone Against Head of State
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-06
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro survived an apparent assassination attempt Saturday. Officials say two drones loaded with explosives detonated above Maduro as he gave a nationally televised speech at a military event in Caracas. It was the first known attempted assassination by drone strike against a sitting head of state. We get response from Alejandro Velasco, executive editor for NACLA Report on the Americas; Gabriel Hetland, assistant professor of Latin American studies at SUNY Albany; and Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research and president of Just Foreign Policy.
www.democracynow.org/2018/8/6/venezuelan_pres_nicolas_maduro_targeted_in

Reflecting on the Legacy of Congressman Ron Dellums: A True People's Warrior
Hezvo Mpunga | therealnews.com | 2018-08-05
Ron Dellums was first elected to Congress in 1971, when he stood with the Panthers. Then the Marine veteran launched a Vietnam war crimes investigation and was singularly responsible for legal sanctions against South Africa. We are joined by Bob Scheer to reflect on the legacy of Congressman Ron Dellums, a true people's warrior | The post Reflecting on t…
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Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa
wsws.org | wsws.org | 2018-08-04
Some 10,000 footwear workers in south Africa are in the third week of a bitter strike over wage demands.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/08/04/wrks-a04.html

Ron Dellums's Life Holds Lessons for Every Progressive in America
Jon Schwarz | theintercept.com | 2018-08-03
Ron Dellums, one of the most significant and radical members of Congress in U.S. history, died on Monday at age 82. Liberals, progressives, social democrats, or democratic socialists interested in fostering the left-wing political movement that emerged following Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders's 2016 primary loss should study how Dellums managed to get and hold the power of elected office for decades, and use it to make America better in numberless ways — most famously by overturning U.S. support for apartheid South Africa. | Dellums was first elected to Congress in 1970 as a 35-year-old Democrat from a California district that included Berkeley and Oakland. | He didn't do this by challenging a Republican. Nor did he wait patiently for an open seat. Instead, he ran against a six-term Democrat named Jeffery Cohelan in that year's primary. | Cohelan was a standard Cold War…
theintercept.com/2018/08/03/ron-dellums-dies-congress-oakland-mayor/

A Slaughter in Silence: How Trump's "America First" Policy Enabled Ethnic Cleansing in the DRC
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-08-03
The Democratic Republic of Congo is facing one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world as a wave of extreme violence sweeps the country. Some 2 million Congolese fled their homes last year, nearly 7 million Congolese are now internally displaced, and another 500,000 have fled to other parts of Africa. According to the United Nations, 13 million Congolese are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. The international media has largely ignored what's happening, but this week Vice News published a shocking investigation into a recent case of ethnic cleansing. Hundreds of machete-wielding militiamen swept through ar…
www.democracynow.org/2018/8/3/a_slaughter_in_silence_how_trumps

Ron Dellums (1935-2018): Organizing for Peace Forces Us to Challenge All Forms of Injustice
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-07-31
Ron Dellums, the legendary politician and antiwar activist who fought against U.S. intervention around the globe, apartheid in South Africa and the Vietnam War, has died at the age of 82. During his nearly three decades in Congress, Dellums opposed every major U.S. military intervention except a bill in 1992 to send troops to Somalia. This legacy began when Dellums pushed for the House to conduct a probe into U.S. war crimes committed in Vietnam shortly after taking office in 1970. When this effort failed, Dellums held his own ad hoc war crimes hearings. The celebrated congressmember once said, "I am not going to…
www.democracynow.org/2018/7/31/ron_dellums_1935_2018_organizing_for

'Defending state terrorism': Trevor Noah under fire for old joke about 2012 Marikana killings
RT | rt.com | 2018-07-31
Liberal comedian Trevor Noah is facing a Twitter backlash for an old resurfaced joke about the 2012 Marikana massacre, during which 47 people were shot and killed by police in South Africa during a miners' strike.
rt.com/usa/434737-trevor-noah-marikana-joke/

Protests erupt over decision not to charge Minneapolis cops who killed Thurman Blevins
RT | rt.com | 2018-07-31
Activists are protesting the decision not to charge two Minneapolis, Minnesota police officers who shot and killed Thurman Blevins. Authorities said the African-American man was armed and dangerous, but protesters disagree.
rt.com/usa/434767-no-charges-officers-thurman-blevins/

Headlines for July 27, 2018
Democracy Now! | democracynow.org | 2018-07-27
700+ Migrant Families Still Separated as Reunification Deadline Passes, Protests Target President Trump's Family Separation Policy, House Votes 359-54 in Favor of Record Military Spending Bill, Michael Cohen Says Trump Knew in Advance About Meeting with Russians, House Republicans Set to Punish Rod Rosenstein over Mueller Probe, Pakistan: Imran Khan Claims Victory as Opponents Allege Vote Rigging, Gaza: Palestinians Call for Renewed Protests, Palestinian Teen Who Slapped Soldier to Be Released from Israeli Jail, Hundreds of African Refugees Scale Border Wall into Spanish Enclave, Laos: Aid Groups Say Death Toll f…
www.democracynow.org/2018/7/27/headlines

Integration Can't Be Rhetoric, Must Be Real: Venezuela's Arreaza in Africa
TeleSur English | venezuelanalysis.com | 2018-07-09
The Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza is visiting several African countries to build South-South relations.
venezuelanalysis.com/news/13923